Tuesday marks Korea's hottest day since 1907; 40.3C in southern town

A temperature map of Yeongcheon and surrounding areas. The red dot at the center of the dark red area is Yeongcheon, where the temperature reached 40.3C at 3:27 p.m., Tuesday, the hottest temperature on the Korean Peninsula since 1907. / Captured from KMA website

By Park Si-soo

Remember July 24, 2018. The Korean Peninsula had its hottest day ever.

The midday high in a small town (Shinryoung-myeon) in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, reached 40.3C (at 3:27 p.m.), melting down the previous record of 40C set in Daegu on Aug. 1, 1942, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).

The KMA has been collecting weather data since 1907.

The new high was recorded at an automatic weather station (AWS) in the town's Shinnyeong Elementary School under the supervision of KMA's Daegu office.